Contributed by Chip Monck on Mar 9, 2005
In today’s world of extreme sports there is a popular method of skiing referred to as “Tree-skiing”. Tree-skiing may sound like a death wish, but some skiers love the risk of skiing brand new, fresh powder snow lying in a stand of aspen or spruce trees. The key, of course, is not hitting the
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Wesleyan
Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Mar 15, 2005
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A Jewish man was confronting a Christian man: “You know, you people borrowed the 10 Commandments from us.”
“Well,” responded the Christian, “we may
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Steven W on Mar 15, 2005
The Officer in charge of the Police Department (OCPD).
When you are caught for doing something wrong, the OCPD has the authority to let you go (that means - to save you) or to execute judgment on you (that means - to judge you). This power/authority was given to him by his Police Chief in the Head
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Contributed by Greg Buchner on Mar 21, 2005
Mark Noll, noted theologian and author once wrote…
“Over the long course of Christian history, the most depressing thing—because it is repeated so often—has been how tragically far short of Christian ideals we ordinary Christians so regularly fall.
Over the long course of Christian history, the
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Methodist
Contributed by Klaus Mehrl on Mar 28, 2005
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Have you ever watched the classic MGM movie Ben-Hur? The story was originally written by a civil war general – General Lew Wallace, who as boy was raised in a Christian home but as a man was indifferent to religion. He was a dreamer, a romantic, and a seeker of fame and fortune. Wallace rose
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Lutheran
Contributed by Wes Richard on Apr 11, 2005
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Sometimes small churches look at themselves and say, “Oh, we can’t do this and we can’t do that because we are too small. We don’t have the resources.” And their vision gets limited by their circumstances and instead of taking giant steps of faith, they take baby steps. I’m reminded of the story of
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Brethren
Contributed by Clark Tanner on Apr 12, 2005
We’ve all had the experience of mishearing what has been said to us. Sometimes what we think we heard sounds out of place and inappropriate to the moment, so we ask the speaker to repeat what they said.
Sometimes we misunderstand simply because the person we’re hearing is coming from a
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Orthodox
Contributed by Curtis Deming on Apr 16, 2005
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Whenever I’m tempted to whine about the demands of leadership, I think of the story of Timothy. He had just heard Paul deliver the report of the Jerusalem Council that circumcision was unnecessary for Gentile converts. Yet Paul circumcised Timothy to avoid offending the Jews in the area. Timothy
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 19, 2005
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A farmer one planted two fruit trees on opposite sides of his property. The one he planted to provide a hedge hide the unsightly view of an old landfill; the other to provide shade to rest under near a cool mountain stream which ran down beside his fields. As the two trees grew, both produced
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Contributed by Noah Kaye on Apr 21, 2005
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• William Booth tied faith and works together perfectly when He said this in an article in Christianity Today “Faith and works should travel side by side, step answering to step, like the legs of men walking. First faith, and then works; and then faith again, and then
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Mennonite
Contributed by Eldon Reich on May 3, 2005
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Antoine Augustine Parmentier a chemist and pharmacist,
overcame the potatoes bad rap for the French
when he acquired a miserable and unproductive spot of ground outside of Paris.
There, he planted 50 acres of potatoes.
During the day, he set a guard over it.
This drew considerable attention in
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Methodist
Contributed by Paul Fritz on May 9, 2005
Hudson Taylor
Hudson Taylor had definite convictions about how God’s work should be done. We can make our best plans and try to carry them out in our own strength. Or we can make careful plans and ask God to bless them. “Yet another way of working is to begin with God; to ask His plans, and to
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Contributed by Travis Fitch on May 15, 2005
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It seems that even the obvious things in life can¡¦t be taken for granted:
After a woman sued McDonalds because she wasn’t warned her coffee was hot, companies are changing their instruction manuals and product warning labels to cover themselves from liability. Listen to a few of these:
On a
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Contributed by Pat Cook on May 16, 2005
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I read a story involving the Butterball Turkey company, which set up a hotline to answer consumers’ questions about preparing holiday turkeys. One woman called to ask about cooking a turkey that had been in her freezer for 23 years.
The operator told her it might be safe if the freezer had been
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Contributed by Richard Burkey on May 19, 2005
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I saw a Peanuts cartoon with Lucy saying to Charlie Brown, "I hate everything. I hate everybody. I hate the whole wide world!"
Charlie Brown says, "But I thought you had inner peace."
Lucy replies, "I do have inner peace. But I still have outer obnoxiousness" And
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Lutheran
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